Indigo
Indigo is ranked 923rd among girls in 2024 (287 births). Its best rank was 901st, in 2021.
- Rank in 2024
- #923up 38 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2870.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 2021300 births
- Best rank
- #901in 2021
- Since 1971
- 4,807people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,700 girls have been named Indigo in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 300 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2020s alone account for 37%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Indigo is used for both sexes: 23% of its bearers are boys (1,107), most of them born around 2022.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2021, its biggest year
Indigo was the 901st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2021 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Ava. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Indigo
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Evanapeak 2024
- Elorapeak 2024
- Ayatpeak 2023
- Zaripeak 2022
- Maiseypeak 2023
- Alyapeak 2021
- Iqrapeak 2024
- Hollynpeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.